By s.e. smith on 14 November, 2010
Body hair has come up on Dear Imprudence before, so I thought this recent Ask Amy column might be relevant to the interests of some readers, in addition to being an example of an advice column that does not actually suck! A reader wrote in to ask: Dear Amy: I am a girl in my [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence, feminism | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, body hair, sports, women's sports
By s.e. smith on 31 October, 2010
A recent Ask Amy column featured a letter from a reader with a problem I suspect at least some FWD readers (and contributors) can sympathise with: Handling food allergies when you’re invited to a friend’s for dinner. Dear Amy: My neighbor recently hosted a very nice dinner party with food and entertainment. I attended and [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, entertaining, food allergies
By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2010
A recent Ask Amy column featured a letter from a college student with a common problem; parents who want to exert a high level of control. Here in the US, school’s been in session for a little over a month now, and the winter is coming on, and I suspect that the number of students [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, depression, disabled students, education, family dynamics
By s.e. smith on 15 September, 2010
On last week’s Dear Amy, a reader wrote in for some relationship advice. The reader’s girlfriend is becoming more distant, and the reader wants to know what to do: Dear Amy: I have been in a relationship with a woman for two years. I love her. She says she loves me. She says she wants [...]
Posted in blaming, Dear Imprudence, mental health, social attitudes | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, bipolar disorder
By s.e. smith on 9 August, 2010
At the end of July, I wrote about an Ask Amy column where she pretty clearly failed to identify an abusive relationship. Apparently at least one Ask Amy reader felt the same way I did, and wrote in to say so: Dear Amy: I worry about the teenager who wrote to you, saying her brother [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged abuse, Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, verbal abuse
By s.e. smith on 23 July, 2010
Oh, Ask Amy. You’re still on my shit list for your rape apologism, and yet, I keep reading your column. I admit it, I mainly do it so that I can find particularly awful pieces of advice to feature here. This week, a high school student writes about a problem she’s experiencing at home: Dear [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence, relationships | Tagged abuse, Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, family, verbal abuse, words mean things
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